This time in Yamalu, some of the concubines and children who were with him were captured, and there were still wives and children in Shuofang.

"I'll take tea instead of wine and wish you a smooth trip,"

When Sun Da faced Wu Huaiyu, he was very honest and quickly picked up the tea cup and drank it in one gulp.

Huaiyu handed him a petition.

A special general from Baichi Tongjunfu in Yanzhou was demoted from the fifth rank.

Yanzhou originally had only one Tongjunfu, which was still located in Lingzhou. Now there is a new Tongjunfu. The two Tongjunfu are located in Wuyuan and Baichi counties of Lingzhou.

This general is a deputy in the Tongjun Mansion, and his rank is neither high nor low. He has reached the fifth rank of the actual job. In addition, the guerrilla general number given to him is also the fifth rank. Sun Da can at least be considered a tonggui.

Wu Huaiyu used Zhang Ju, Liu Min and other Liang generals who had previously defected to the Tang Dynasty as examples. For example, Liu Min is now the long history of the Dudu Mansion and is in the fifth rank, so he is doing well.

Seeing Sun Dazhen carefully put the body in his arms and respectfully bid farewell, he bowed and stepped back a long way before turning around and leaving.

"This guy is as honest as a civet cat in front of Chang Shi." The lame man came out from behind.

"There is never a shortage of smart people in this world,"

Sun Da was indeed arrogant before, but that was all because the troubled times gave these guys the conditions to be arrogant. Now that he no longer has the capital to be arrogant, he has naturally become honest and submissive.

This kind of person is actually quite dangerous, just like a chameleon, there is no loyalty at all, but it is still possible to use it, just be careful.

"I have inquired clearly about what Chang Shi asked me to inquire about. Duan Shen does have a girl. She is already eighteen years old. She has not been married or engaged. It is said that Duan Qiniang likes reading and poetry. One condition is to marry a poet."

"Are you kidding?" Huaiyu didn't expect there to be such a woman in the world.

"It's true. In fact, I'm quite familiar with Mr. Duan. I've even met his girl several times. She's not pretty, but she's definitely not bad. There were many people who wanted to propose marriage to the Duan family in the past, but Duan Qiniang has to give each other questions and ask them to compose poems on the spot. If they can't compose them, or if they don't do well, she won't accept them. Anyway, she has never met one that satisfies her so far."

"What do you think of Duan Shen?"

"A well-rounded guy, quite capable. Although he is Duan Decao's grandnephew, he still relies on his extraordinary ability to control the fortress. The trade in Yansui, especially the smuggling, is all done by him. Have the final say,

What Chang Shi may not know is that Duan Shen has a slave-catching team of more than a thousand people, which is well-equipped and very powerful.

This slave-catching team not only captured and sold slaves for Mr. Duan, but also dared to engage in smuggling business in the Yansui area. Those who did not cooperate with Mr. Duan would often be killed by "Mountain Hu" and "Turk" within three months. Liang Qi, "horse thieves" and others robbed and even killed people and expropriated goods."

"You mean Mr. Duan's private armed forces did it?"

"It's obvious."

Huaiyu nodded, it seemed that Mr. Duan was really capable and ruthless.

"Miss Duan admires Chang Shi. I think it is true. There should be nothing wrong with that girl, but Mr. Duan has to be careful. Although this guy looks like a romantic scholar on the surface and is harmless to humans and animals, he is very vicious on the road. .”

"This guy has been very busy lately,"

"What are you busy with?"

"Many of the people in the territory captured by the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion fell into the hands of this young man."

"Sold into slavery?"

"Well, Xiazhou soldiers basically sold him all the trophies they captured,"

"How much will Mr. Duan give Duan Decao?"

"I don't know about that. I heard that Duan Decao got half of it."

Wu Huaiyu admired Duan Decao very much. Regardless of whether he used this to taint himself or was really greedy for money, he was really brave.

Being dignified and handsome is not easy at your age.

When Wu Huaiyu turned around, he wrote a secret report to Li Shimin, reported it truthfully, and suggested to the emperor that Duan Decao was old and now somewhat unable to do what he wanted, and many of his subordinates were dissatisfied, so he should retreat to the second line.

That Duan Gongzi Wu Huaiyu was also brought up directly. This guy had built up a huge power network in Yansui over the years through the power relationship of Duan Decao, his uncle.

After sending the secret letter, Wu Huaiyu opened the latest issue of the Beijing News sent by Chang'an Laiji and looked at it. There were still many areas worthy of improvement in this Beijing News.

Shanlu County was captured, and eight thousand soldiers and horses surrendered directly. It can be said that it truly shocked the government and the public.

But the Tang army actually released more than a hundred Puppet Liang officers, which was unexpected.

Here a large number of Puppet Liang officers were released and left, but the Tang army's offensive over there did not stop and was still mopping up ferociously.

Keep pushing along the Hongliu River.

When encountering strong cities and fortresses, they ignored them and focused on raiding the countryside, moving away people and livestock, trampling and destroying crops and young crops.

Even water channels and so on are not spared.

The flames of war never stopped, and almost no Liang Jun in each castle dared to fight. Occasionally, those who were bold ended up being beaten with bruises and bruises as soon as they left the city, or they were surrounded and captured.

Liang Jun in some small castles even surrendered directly to Kaicheng.

Wait until early June,

Yang Gongren, Wu Huaiyu, Su Lie, Duan Decao, Fan Xing, Liu Min, Liu Lancheng and other troops have joined forces by the Wuding River and surrounded the east and west cities of Shuofang.

Although the east and west cities are tall and strong, there are also many castles on the outside to defend them.

However, when the Tang army came in force, Master Liang did not even have the courage to leave the city and fight, so he only dared to close the city and retreat.

Fortunately, the Tang army did not plan to attack the city at all this time. They did not even carry siege equipment and other preparations. This time when they reached Shuofang City, they divided their troops to sweep the countryside and were busy demolishing and relocating the people.

Many generals saw Liang Jun's cowardice and couldn't help but suggest using local materials to build siege equipment and directly destroy the puppet Liang.

However, no one, whether it was Yang Gongren, Wu Huaiyu, veteran Duan Decao, Fan Xing, etc., paid attention to these voices. Everything was proceeding according to plan.

And according to the plan, they will retreat soon.
Chapter completed!